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COMBINED STAND AND lRONING-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,306, dated July 13,1897.

Application filed June 2, 1896. Serial No. 593,962. (No model.)

To all whom it Hwy concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM II. DANA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Stand andIroning-Table; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved ironing-board standof simple and economical construction which may be quickly convertedinto a small table or be used to support a cutting or sewing board orfolded into a small space for storage or transportation.

My invention consists in the construction hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a side elevation showing thestand extended to support an ironing-board, parts being shown in sectionto illustrate details of construction. Fig. 2 is a similar view showingthe stand converted into a table. Fig. 3 is a view of the right-hand endof what is shown in Fig. 2. Fig. at is a top View of the table shown inFig. 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional View, on a larger scale, of oneof the legs, taken, for example, on a plane indicated by the line at 56,Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a plan View of the under side of a cutting-board, thebroken lines indicating the position occupied by the pieces at the topsof the legs or standards.

The legs 1 and 1 are made at their inner side with wide verticalchannels 3, the opposite inner sides of which are made with narrowgrooves 2. Secured in the channels 3 of the legs is a foldable latticeor lazy-tongs 3, the lower corners of which are preferably fastenedpivotally in the lower ends of the channels by pins or screws 4:, drivenover the ends of pins 5 in the slat of the lattice, which project intothe grooves 2 of the legs. The middle joints of the ends and the uppercorners of the foldable lattice are furnished with pins which projectinto the grooves 2, substantially as indicated in. Fig. 5. When the legsare brought together or separated, the upper part of the lattice israised or lowered, and

the longer piece 6 is a screw-eye 7, into which is hooked a pivot-pin 8on the under side of the larger end of the ironing-board 9, which may beof the usual form-that is, wider at one end than at the other. By thisconstruction the ironing-board may be swung horizontally to one side onthe pivot-pin 8, so that a shirt or other article of wearing-apparel maybe slipped onto the smaller end of the board.

To prevent the board from slipping when in use, it is engaged bysharp-pointed screws (i passed up through the piece 6.

Hinged to the upper end of the left-hand leg, Fig. 1that is, the leghaving the longer piece 6-is a board 10, which may be swung upward intohorizontal position and there supported by a brace 11, hinged to theside of the leg and engaging a suitable socket (indicated by dottedlines, Figs. 1 and 2) at the under side of the board. This board is madewith a slot 11 to permit it when turned down I to straddle the foldinglattice and lie against the leg. The board is also provided with arecess li tongued at its sides to enter the grooves 6 of the piece 6when the legs are drawn together to form a table, as indicated in planview, Fig. 4, and in elevations, Figs. 2 and 3.

The sewing or cutting board 12 is of ordinary rectangular form and hasits edge provided with a downwardly-projecting rim 12. The under side ofthe board-that is, the side seen in Fig. 6-is provided at one end withtwo cleats or projecting pieces 12, which converge toward each other atthe end of the board, leaving between said ends only sufii cient spacefor the reception of the head-piece 6, which is indicatedby dottedlines. When the board is placed on the pieces 6 and 6 and the legs aredrawn asunder, the piece 6 is guided into its place at the end of theboard.

To secure the board upon the head-pieces 6 and 6, the inner sides of thedownwardlyprojecting rim 12 are provided with dowelpins 12 which entersuitable holes in the outer edges of the pieces 6 and 6.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combined stand and ironing-table comprising legs 1 and 1 providedwith channels at their inner sides, a slot 1 in one of said legs, afoldable lattice or lazy-tongs pivoted at opposite ends in saidchannels, a block 3 pivoted on the lazy-tongs and contained within thechannel having the slot, a clampscrew passing through the slot andengaging the block for securing the lazy-tongs in adjusted positions,the head-piece 6 the board 10 hinged to one of the legs, and having thelongitudinal slot 11 and transverse recess 11 to receive head-piece 6,an eye 7 at the upbined with a substantially rectangular board 12provided with the projecting rim 12 and guide cleats or pieces 12, anddowel-pins 12" for engaging said head-pieces, substantially asdescribed. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

WILLIAM H. DANA. Witnesses BENJ. FINCKEL, GEORGE M. FINCKEL.

